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Old 12-03-2009
Setting System Variable LINES
I am trying to set my system variable LINES and not able to do that permanently. I used the following commands for this:
Quote:
[I have no name!@Station130 Shell Scripting]$ echo $LINES
39
[I have no name!@Station130 Shell Scripting]$ LINES=125
[I have no name!@Station130 Shell Scripting]$ echo $LINES
125
[I have no name!@Station130 Shell Scripting]$ ls a
a
[I have no name!@Station130 Shell Scripting]$ echo $LINES
39
[I have no name!@Station130 Shell Scripting]$
Can I able to chage the value of that variable permanently atleast I exit from the shell?
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Old 12-03-2009
Maybe you can use:

Code:
stty rows 125

(in your .profile to make it permanent)
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